Hosiery press



Jan. 23 1934. J s'c 1,944,378

HOSIERY- PRESS Original Filed Feb. 21, 1924' 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR 1ORNEYS Jan. 23, 1934. E. J. SCHREMP 1,944,376

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HOSIERY PRESS Original Filed Feb. 21. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR[dward JSc/vrewp BY p I ,j [In Q NEYS Patented 23, 1934 UNITED STAT 110SIERY PRESS Edward J Bchremp, Flushing, N. Y., auignor,

by meane assignments, to The Prosperity Company, Inc., a corporation ofNew York Application February 21, 1924, Serial No. 694,210

Renewed November 25, 1931 42 Claims. (01. 223-17) This invention relatesto improved textile or fabric garment finishing methods and machines 2therefor, and more particularly relates to garment driers, pressers andprinters for finishing apparel.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved method of preparingand finishing garments and to provide new instrumentalities forperforming the same in a machine for pressing,

drying and printing garments; and for thepurposes of the presentdisclosure I'have shown a machine particularly adapted for hosiery workwhereby the hose is finished by .the improved method which increases theproduction with a consequent reduction in cost. The garments are driedand may be pressed as well and are'then printed with the manufacturerstrade mark. size number, the name thereof, or such other data as it isdesired to apply to the hosiery or other garments.

An additional object and feature of the invention is to provide amachine which performs the usual three operations in finishing hosierynamely, drying, pressing, and printing. It has been the practice toperform these essential operations by separate machines, but myinvention en-- ables the hosiery manufacturer to coordinate all the workand carry it out on one and the same machine and at the same presssetting which is to say that the three operations are executed while thehosiery or other work is in the press and without removing the workuntil the goods are dried, pressed and printed.

A still further object is to utilize the features of the hosiery trayinvention as disclosed in my former application Serial Number 625,428filed in the United States Patent Office March 15, 1923 and makeimprovements thereon.

A further object of the invention is to produce a pressing machinehaving improved facilities for steam and air spraying garments wherebythey maybe subjected to a steam dampening operation and immediatelyfollowed by a hot and cold air treatment for the purpose of quicklydry-' ing and cooling the garment without permitting condensate tocollect on the garment which is to required to dry garments when coldair was used.

In my improvements, hot air first carries away the'steam thus leaving adry but hot garment;

and then a blast of cold air carries away the heat.

While I do not attempt to enumerate each and every object of theinvention, I will say that another object is to enable a modern typegarment or clothes press to be converted into a hosiery press which bythe way tends toward economy for the'reason that manufacturingfacilities are more largely standardized due to less number of models ortypes of presses under construction or carried on hand with aconsequently larger commercial use because the price is brought down toa point where it is in range with an increased number of users.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one preferred form of theinvention, and itis understood how changes in construction and mode ofoperation may be carried out without departing from the scope of myinvention.

7 Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of my improved press designed forhosiery, gloves, other knit goods and the like. Figures 2 and 3illustrate respectively section views as developed upon section lines2-2 and 3-3 of Figure 1, (Figure 3 also being developed on the line 3-3of Figure 8) the first detail showing a spring pressed clip to tautlyhold hosiery on the form, and the second detail showing a ratchet anddetent device for positively holding a garment form unit in one of twopositions.

Figure 4 shows a front elevation of the pressing machine and here thetable is omitted for cleamess, the said table being shown in Figures 1and 7. v

Figure 5 shows a detailed fragment end view ofthe machine jaws closedwith a printing mechanism adapted to move in and out of the presswhereby the press head may first close to perform the spraying, dryingand pressing operations, and. thereafter the printing mechanismfunctions.

Figure 6 illustrates an enlarged side fragmentary view of the pressingmachine with one of the pressing members thereof shown in section forthe purpose, of illustrating my improved structure as well as serving toexplain the improvements in methods employed for treating garments. 1

Figure 7 illustrates a side elevation of the machine with open jaws andgarment form unit gugftanding from the press and over the work Figure 8shows a simplified garment former "unit serving to facilitate thepressing and printing and finishing of garments and particularly hosieryand which may be manufactured and sold separately as an attachment.

As already mentioned, I may construct this garment finisher and printerby utilizing a conventional steam garment press and accordinglyreference is now made to the drawings for a more detailed description ofthe invention where a pressing machine, upon which the improvements areconstructed and installed, is illustrated; and a pressing machine frame10 pivotally supports a press lever 11 on the forward end of which ismounted a head 12 which cooperates or opens and closes upon a buck 13.The pressing members 12 and 13 open and close inthe nature of jaws andthe work is placed thereinbetween for steaming, heating, drying andpressing as well as for the printing thereof. The rear end of the presslever 11 carries a link 14 pivoted thereto which pivotally connects withthe upper end of a link 15 integral with a manual press jaw operatingmeans as a pedal 16. The links 14 and 15 constitute a main operatingtoggle which straightens by thrusting down the pedal 16 thereby closingthe jaw or pressing members 12 and 13. This type of pressing machine maybe equipped with steam spraying, heating and air treatment facilities asto either pressing member or both depending somewhat on the character ofwork for which the machine is designed; and the drawings show a pipingsystem connecting with the lower pressing jaw member, the buck, for thepurposes mentioned and to be hereinafter described.

The pressing jaws 12 and 13 possess a substantially large spread toenable a plurality of garments to be stretched out therein between whichis to say that the said pressing members are preferably rectangular inshape with a large area and have a long reach. This essentially meansthat the pressing head is of great weightand the instrumentalities forraising and lowering it constitute an important factor to be reckonedwith especially where the press is manually operated and manualoperation is more desirable for the sake of the operator's safety aswell as for economy. Having these points in view I so construct theoperating toggle 14-15 that the pedal 16 itself undergoes a greatertravel than the lift of the head jaw 12 and in this way the press opensa very short distance only wide enough to admit the garment former unit.Thus the pedal 16 possesses a leverage over the headand the head isclosed with little manual effort.

Referring now more particularly to Figure 6 of the drawings, the saidbuck 13 is preferably made with a foraminous or perforated press face 18provided with a steam and air spray chamber 19 directly underneath theforaminous face. The buck is partitioned with walls 20 and 21 whichprovide a fluid heating chamber 22 preferably located midway of the buck13 for the purpose of uniformly distributing the heat throughout thispressing member. An air heating chamber 23 is formed in the buck andpreferably provided with a plurality of radiating ribs 24 affording alarge radiating surface by which air is heated as it is blowntherethrough. The combination air and steam spraying chamber 19 isdirectly connected by a passage to the hot air chamber 23 and receiveshot air under pressure to spray out through the perforated press plateas later described. The spray chamber is also connected to the fluidheating chamber 22 by a valve 26 which is normally closed to preventsteam from spraying into theehamber 19. The valve 26 is connected to ahandle 27 whereby the operator may open the valve 26 to discharge steamfrom the heating chamber 22 upwardly into the steam chamber 19; andsteam ejects from the steam chamber upwardly through the perforated faceonto the work thereby steam moistening and heating the work andconditioning it for pressing as well as raising the nap by steamexpansion. The steam spray treatment of garments is carried out forvarious purposes, for in the finishing of garments that come to thepress dry, it is usually desirable to steam moisten them to render thegarment more susceptible to the pressing and finishing operations, andit is understood, after the steam dampening and heating operation iseffected, that it then becomes desirable to quickly dry the garmentwhereby it is made ready for packing in boxes or cases immediately thegarment is finished as well as being made ready for immediate use.

While the steam and air treatment of garments is not in itself new, Ihereinafter describe my improved combined means employed for quicklydrying and cooling the garment following the heating operation. An airpump 30 delivers air through a pipe 31 to the air heating chamber 23 andforces the air upwardly through the spray chamber 19 out through thework, and the air becomes heated as it passes through the chamber 23 andthus the heated air serves to drive the steam previously injectedthereinto, from the work. Hot air more expeditiously drives the moisturefrom the work than cold air; and so it follows that 1- have shown meansfor heating air 110 and blowing it through the work following the steamtreatment thereof.

Having described above how the work is steam treated, and then treatedby the hot air drying operation, 'it is now understood why it is de- 116sired to thereafter blow or draw cold air through the garment for it isappreciated how the cold air quickly removes the heat from the garmentonce the moisture is carried away by hot air.

To this enda pipe 32 connects with the pump 30 1 and with a passage 33in the buck leading to the foraminous chamber 19. A valve 34 is mountedin the pipe 32 and a valve 35 is mounted in the pipe 31. A valveoperating handle 36 connects with both of the valves 34 and 35 in such away 125 thatpne valve is always open while the other valve is alwaysclosed. The valve 35 is made with an exhaust port 37 which leads toatmosphere thereby enabling the pipe 31 to be vented when the valve 35is closed. The pump 30 draws 130 cold air downwardly through theforaminous face of the chamber 19 and through the pipe 32 and dischargesit out through the exhaust port 37.when thevalve 34 is open, and duringwhich time the valve 35 is closed with the exhaust port 135 37 open. Thesuction pump 30 displaces a large volume of air downwardly through theface of the buck 13 and discharges this air out through the port 37 forthe purpose of cooling the work or the garments held in between thepressing 140 jaws 12 and 13. When however, the operator swings thehandle 36 to change the relative position of the valves 34 and 35 itfollows that the valve 35 is opened, the exhaust port 37 is closed, andthe valve 34'closed, whereupon the air is 3&5 drawn into the pump at itsordinary intake and blows through the heating chamber 23 upwardlythrough the foraminous buck to produce a hot air draught through thework which is always desirable for a short period just prior to drawing150 cold air therethrough for the reason that the preliminary forcing ofwarm air through the work removes the steam dampness from the garmentthereby enabling-the cold air to quickly cool the garment.

In treating garments such as suits, knit goods, gloves, hosiery and thelike on a pressing machine ashereinbefore described, the garment isinserted between the pressing members whereupon steam is ejected throughthe garment either from the head 12 or from the buck 13 in case thegarment is brought dry to the pressing machine. The steam softens thefabric, raises the nap, and conditions it for pressing. Furthermore jawpressure is applied through the pedal mechanism 16, or in some caseswhere high pressure is desired the pressure is applied through powermeans, for the purpose of laying down and flattening thick seams and thelike. In order to quickly dry and cool steam pressed garments, itfollows that the steam must be removed and rather than pro duce a blastof cold air through the garment which would condense the steam and makethe garment wet, I preferably induce a strong current of warm airupwardly through the garment, as hereinbefore explained, which morequickly removes the moisture than cold air for it is understood how thehot air will remove the vaporized steam and moisture from the garmentwithout tending to condense it therein. Subsequently a short blast ofcold air is projected downwardly through the garment for the purpose ofremoving the heat as imparted thereto by the hot air blast previouslypassed through the garment. The garment is then very dry and quite cooland when removed from the buck will hold its shape more readily thanwhen treated by methods now in use.

A description will now be given of the hosiery pressing; equipment usedin conjunction with the pressing machine as already described, and forthe purpose of this disclosure a hosiery pressing form or tray, orgarment form unit, is illustrated in the drawings and this accessorydevice may be manufactured and sold separately from the pressingmachine, as apparent from Figure 8, whereby pressing machines inpresent-day use may be equipped to press, finish, and printmanufacturer's data on hosiery, gloves, or other knit goods of the kindusually stretched and dried or treated on forms. The hosiery trays orgarment form units for other apparel are preferably madein pairs andmounted on the pressing machine for independent operation whereby onetray unit is being pressed, dried and printed, while the other form isbeing loaded or filled bythe operator.

A standard or bracket arm 40 is anchored to the pressing machine frameand stands outwardly from the buck and head and is provided with averticalbearing 41. A hub 42 has a Journal pin 43 fixed thereto and thispin is pivotally disposed in the bearing 41. The pin 43 preferably rests-on a frictionless point such as a ball 44 and a screw 45 supports theball in position to hold the axis of the hub 42 in alignment with themeeting plane of the pressing members 12 and 13. The screw 45 may be.adjusted up and down to move the hub 42 so that the form unit or traycarried thereby' is brought into exact alignment and into the plane ofthe foraminous pressing face 18 of the buck 13.

A tray or form carrying shaft arm 47 is pivotally mounted in the hub 42and is fitted with a collar 48 which is made with a ratchet detent whichratchets over and snaps into a spring pressed plunger 49 thus serving tohold the outstanding shaft arm 4'7 in proper position as related withthe pressing head and buck. The operation of moving the tray '47 intothe press is facilitated by the ratchet and detent 49 inasmuch as thesaid plunger 49 aids the operator in bringing the tray 4'1 to rest at apredetermined point, and this is important for the reason that thegarments must be moved in and out of the press and brought to'rest atsubstantially the same point each time in order that the printingmachine, to be described, bear down uniformly upon the toe of thestocking or upon such other point on each garment as may be desired. Asimilar spring pressed plunger 50 is carried in a lug 51 formed integraland standing forwardly of the journal pin 43, and the lock collar 48snaps into registry with the looking means 50 and holds the tray 47 inoutstanding position when the said tray is swung outwardly from thepressing machine.

A plurality of garment or work-carrying forms 53 are shown in thisinstance to be hosiery forms and the said forms may be stamped fromsolid sheet metal or may be made of wire. Both such structures are shownin the plan view Figure 1, and either are suitable for use. The formsv53 are rigidly anchored to the rod 47 and taken together as a unitconstitute a tray or garment form unit which is quite light inconstruction and capable of being rapidly moved in and out of thepressing machine. The outer free end of the shaft arm 47 carries ahandle 54 anchored thereto, and the operator may swing the hosiery trayinto a vertical position by twisting the handle, and in this connectionthe collar 48 has ratchet catches 46 which snap into the lock plungers49 and 50 to hold the form unit in desired horizontal or verticalposition. Figure 4 shows one tray unit as removed from the pressingmachine andswung into a vertical position thereby enabling the operatorto more readily fill the forms 53 by slipping the hosiery or othergarments down thereupon.

The hosiery tray 4'7 swings very easily upon the pivot bearings 43, andit is to be appreciated that while one form is in the press undergoing aheating and drying treatment, that the operator may readily turn to theother outstanding tray and fill it with garments whereupon the firstgarments undergoing press treatment have by that time become dried andare ready for printing and removal from the press. The two pressingtrays stand outwardly in front of the pressing machine requiringsubstantially the same 1 space as the length of the pressing machine.

The operator is afforded sufflcient working room between the twooutstanding trays, and is not therefore put to the necessity of walkingaround the press or to either side thereof, for he may uniformly workfrom the front of the machine all'the time both in loading the trays andinserting and removing them from the press.

A substantially large work table embraces the entire machine and is sodesigned that the sur-- face thereof spreads out underneath theoperating Jaw parts and garment former units. To this end a table 70 isdisposed underneath the Jaws, and spaced parallel tables '71 standoutwardly at the front of the machine and underneath the outstandinggarment form units. Thus a substantially large size U-shaped table isprovided with the operating pedal 16 placed therein between whichenables the operator to 1 conveniently work all parts from the front ofthe machine. The tables receive and hold the work as it comes to andfrom the machine. The outstanding table parts 71 are supported on areach bar 72 which is in turn anchored to an arm 73 made a part of thestandard 40. The table projections 71 together with the standard 40 andarm 73 may be constructed separately from pressing machines and sold asattachments I as well as the swinging garment form unit 47. Or the trayunit Figure 8 may be used to great advantage where it is not desirableto pivotally mount the swinging unit on the machine.

As shown in Figures 1, 3 and 8, a spring pressure clip or clamp 52 iscarried by the shaft arm and cooperates with each garment form 53 tograsp and hold the garment in taut and stretched condition over the formduring the hosiery finishing operation. The operator depresses the outerend of the clips to insert and release the hose.

A description will now be given of the printing device used inconjunction with the pressing and drying machine. Printing material inthe nature of transfer tape 56 carries the manufacturer's data such ashis trade mark, label, size of the garment the brand and qualitythereof; and it'is desirable to imprint this data from the transfer tape56 onto the garment or hosiery 57. The printing operation is moreexpeditiously effected by application thereof to the dried garment, andit is appreciated that the press jaws should be first closed for thepurpose of drying out the wet dyed hosiery when working on goods andapparel of that nature. I have therefore devised a printing mechanismwhich moves the printing tape material 56 out of the pressing machinefor the first closing stroke of the press head thereby enabling. thegarment to be dried. The head is then lifted for the purpose ofinserting the printed material and closed thru a short quick stroke totransfer by heat and pressure the manufacturer's data from the transfertape 56 onto the garment 57.

To the above ends, brackets 58 stand outwardly from the rear of the headand they are made with slots 59 in which a reel carrying arm 60 isslidably retained. The reel carrying arm 60 is bent forwardly on eachend thereof and journalsa reel 61. The reels 61 are held in spacedalignment with the pressing members and the transfer tape 56 is rolledoff of one reel onto the other. One reel is preferably fitted with acrank 62projecting forwardly inof reach of the operator. Each reel isequipped with spring clip retainers 63 which enables the reels to beremoved for the purpose of drawing away theold and used tape and forreplacing the new roll thereon. A handle 64 is employed for operatingthe printing device and projects forward across" the head and is mountedin slide bearings 65. The operator grasps the handle64 and thrustsrearwardly to .move the reels and printing material outwardly from underthe press head, and similarly he pulls forwardly on the handle to bringthe transfer tape 56 directly over the toe of. the hosieryt'l. Figures 1and 5 show the printing tape reels in operative printing position whileFigure 6 shows the said reels thrust rearwardly and out of the alignmentwith the pressing jaws.

In the general operation of the pressing ma-- chine as devoted tohosiery finishing work, it is appreciated how the operator loads orfills the forms 53 with hosiery 57 and swings one of the tray units intopressing position whereupon the operator thrusts the printing controlhandle 64 rearwardly. and closes the head 12 down upon the work to heattreat and dry the same. The operator then returns to filling theoutstanding garment tray, and by the time it is filled, he returns tothe pressing machine and causes the head to be lifted whereupon he pullsthe printing control handle 64 forwardly to slip the transfer tape 56over the hosiery toes. A quick and short stroke or application of thehead imprints the garments whereupon the operator permits the jaw head12 to again open. The operator now turns the crank 82 until the usedtape has been wound upon the crank reel whereupon the operation ofpressing and printing the next form unit is carried out.

Referring again to Figure 8 it is noted I have constructed a garmentform handling unit consisting of a shaft arm 75 carrying a pluralityofhosiery forms 76 with handles '77 by which the device is picked up andinserted in a drying machine or press; and clamps '78 may be mountedupon each individual form to grasp and hold the work.

What I claim is:

1. That improvement in the method of treating garments by successivelyapplying pressure which consists in inserting a damp garment in a hotpress, and closing .the press to dry the garment, opening the press andinserting printing material on the dry garment, and again closing thepress to perform the printing operation upon the dry garment.

2. That improvement in the method of finishing wearing apparel bypressing and stamping it at one setting, which includes spreading orstretching the garment upon a form, inserting the form and garment intothe press, closing the press to heat the garment and opening the pressto expose the dry garment, inserting transfer printing tape in the pressacross-the garment at the point where the manufacturers data is to beshown, and again closing the press to transfer the data from the tape tothe garment.

3. That improvement in the method of finishing garments which consistsin subjecting the garment to heat and pressure, followed by subjectingthe heated and pressed garment to an air draught, disposing printingtape material across the garment,- and again applying heat and pressureto perform the printing operation upon the garment.

'4. That improvement in the method of finishing garments which consistsin subjecting the garment to heat and pressure, followed by subjectingthe heated and pressed garment to an air draught, disposing printingtape material across the garment, again applying heat and pressure toperformthe printing operation upon the garment, and finally subjectingthe garment to a cold air draught to cool the printed and pressedgarment.

5. That improvement in the method of finishing garments or the likewhich consists in subjecting the garment to a moisfening and heatingtreatment, directing a blast of warm air through the garment to removethe moisture therefrom, and directing a blast of cold air through thegarment to remove the heat therefrom.

6. That improvement in the method of finishing garments and the likewhich consists in mounting or stretching the garments over forms,inserting the forms in a press, drying and pressing the garmentstherein, disposing a strip of printing material uniformly across thegarments at the place thereon where the printed data is desired, andsubjecting the garments and printing material to heat and pressure toperform the printing operation.

"I. That improvement in the method of finishing garments or the likewhich consists in subjecting the garment to a heating and dampeningtreatment, directing a blast of warm air through .the garment toremove'the moisture therefrom, directing a blast of cold air through thegarment to remove the heat therefrom, disposing printing tape across thegarment, and finally subjecting the garment and tape to heat andpressure to perform the printing operation.

8. That improvement in the method of finishing garments orthe like whichconsists in subjecting the garment .to a heating and dampeningtreatment, directing a blast of warm air through the garment-to removethe moisture therefrom, directing a blast of cold air through thegarment to remove the heat therefrom, subjecting the said garment topressure during the successive treatments, removing the pressure andinserting transfer printing tape, and again applying pressure to performthe printing operation on the garment.

v; 9. A machine comprising in combination, pressing members movable onein relation to the other, means for performing an opening and closingmovement of the press, printing means related with the machine, meansfor moving the printing means into the press during one closing movementand to remove the printing means from the press during the next closingmovement, means for heating the press, and steam spraying means todampen the work.

10. A machine comprising in combination, pressing members movable one inrelation to the other, means for performing an opening and closingmovement of the press, printing means related with the machine, meansfor moving the printing means into the press during one closing movementand to remove the printing means from the press during the next closingmovement, means for heaiing the press, steam spraying means to dampenthe work, and a suction means for drying the work.

11. A machine comprising in combination, jaw members into which the workis inserted, means for operating the jaws, printing mechanism relatedwith the jaw members and supporting printing material, operating meansforming part of themechanism by which the printing material is advancedthrough the jaw members, means related with the jaw members to steamspray the work to be printed, means for heating the jaws, means forblowing hot airover the work, and means for drawing cold air through thework.

12. A machine comprising cooperating pressing members movable one inrelation to the other into which the work is inserted, operating meansfor opening and closing the members, means pro vided to heat thepressing members, an air chamber provided in a member in which air isheated, a foraminous spray chamber carried by a pressing member andhaving connection with the heating chamber, means for driving the heatedair from the heating chamber up through the foraminous spray chamberonto the work, and suction means connected with the spray chamber fordrawing .cold air down through the chamber and out of the machine.

13. A machine comprising cooperating pressing members with means tocarry out the opening and closing operation, a pressing member thereofbeing provided with a spray chamber having openings leading to the workinserted in between the members, means for discharging steam into thespray chamber which ejects onto the work through the spray chamberopenings, an air heating reservoir, a connection estabiished between theair heating reservoir and the spray chamber by which hot air is blownupon or through the work, and means connected with the spray chamber forproducing a cold air draught on the work.'

14. A machine comprising in combination. cooperating pressing members,means for opening and closing the same, a member thereof provided with aplurality of chambers, means for supplying a heating medium to onechamber toheat the pressing member, means for passing air throughanother chamber for heating the air, a foraminous face plate beingprovided across one chamber permitting atmospheric communication, meansfor conveying the heated air to the foraminous faced chamber, and meansfor circulating cold air through the said foraminous faced chamber.

15. A machinecomprising'in combination; co.- operating members havingopening and closing mechanism; a pressing member thereof made hollowwith subdividing partitions setting said chamber off into a foraminousfaced steam and air spray chamber, a steam heating chamber, and an airheating chamber; control means for ejecting steam from the steam heatingchamber into the foraminous chamber, and control means for ejecting airfrom the air heating chamber into the foraminous chamber.

16. A machine comprising in combination; cooperating members havingopening and closing mechanism; a pressing member thereof made hollowwith subdividing partitions setting said chamber off into a foraminousfaced steam and air spray chamber, a steam heating chamber, and an airheating chamber; control means for ejecting steam from the steam heatingchamber into the foraminous chamber, control means for ejecting airfromthe air heating chamber into the foraminous chamber, and cold airsuction means for drawing air through the foraminous faced chamber.

17. A pressing machine comprising in combination cooperating pressingmembers, means for opening and closing the press, a pair of forms uponwhich garments are carried and one of the forms being adapted to moveinto the press and hold the garments while being treated while the otherform isoutside the press being fllled with garments, and a support tocarry each form and guide it in and out of the pressing machineindependently one of the other.

18. A pressing machine comprising in combination cooperating pressingmembers, means for opening and closing the press, a pair of independentand separately movable forms upon which garments are carried and one ofthe forms movable into the press while the other form remains stationaryoutside the press and being filled with garments, an independent supportto carry each form and guide it in and out of the pressing machine, aprinting tape reel carried by the pressing machine and adapted to holdtransfer tape across the garments in the press.

19. A pressing machine in combination, comprising pressing members,mechanism for opening and closing the press, a pair of frame unitsmounted on each end of the machine and including a plurality of garmentforms which swing in and out of the press such that while one unit isbeing pressed the other is being filled with garments, and a printingdevice cooperating with the pressing machine for simultaneously printingthe plurality of garments in the press.

20. A pressing machine comprising in com-. bination, pressing members,operating means for opening and closing the press, an arm supportstanding outwardly from the machine, a twomotion pivot hub journaled onthe arm and including means rotatable about a vertical and horizontalaxis, and a garment carrying frame supported by the hub to swing in andout the pressing machine.

21. A pressing machine comprising in combination, pressing members,operating means for opening and closing the press, an arm supportstanding outwardly from the machine, a two-mo tion pivot hub journaledon the arm and including means rotatable about a vertical and horizontalaxis, a garment carrying frame supported by the hub to swing in and outthe pressing machine, and adjusting means related with thehub to bringthe frame into alignment with the pressing members.

22. A pressing machine comprising in combination, pressing members,operating means for opening and closing the press, an arm supportstanding outwardly from the machine, a pivot hub journaled on the armand including means rotatable on a vertical and horizontal axis, agarment carrying frame supported by the hub and arranged to swing in andout the pressing machine and swing at an angle thereto for loadingandunloading a printing mechanism for printing the gar ments, and manuallyoperated rteans for controlling the action of the printing mechanism.

23. A machine comprising in combination, jaws into which the work isinserted, means for operating the jaws, printing mechanism related withthe jaws and supporting printing material, operating means forming partof the mechanism by which the printing material is advanced through thejaws, means related with the jaws to steam spray the work to be printed,means for heating the jaws, means for blowing hot air over the work,means .for drawing cold air through the work, and garment carrying formsarranged to move in and out of the machine to press and print garments.

24. A machine comprising in combination, operating jaws into which thework is inserted for treatment, a transfer printing tape reel, means forsupporting the reel on one of the jaws, means for moving the reel intoand out of alignment with the jaws for performing a printing operationevery other time the jaws close, jaw operating means, and a garmentcarrying form movableinto the jaws for pressing garments under one jawmovement and for printing the garments under the next jaw movement.

25. A machine comprising in combination jaws, operating mechanism toopen and close the jaws, brackets carried by one of the jaws, reelscarried by the brackets, a handle conveniently located for manualoperation and attached to the reels for moving them into and out ofalignment with the jaws, a crank located conveniently to the operatorfor revolving the reels, and garment carrying forms movable in and outof the pressing machine.

26. A machine comprising in combination, cooperating pressing members,means for opening and closing the same, a member thereof provided with aplurality of chambers, means for supplying a heating medium to onechamber to heat the pressing member, means for passing air throughanother chamber for heating the air, a foraminous face plate beingprovided across one chamber permitting atmospheric communication, meansfor conveying the heated air to the foraminous facedchamber, means forcirculating cold air through the said foraminous faced chamber, meansfor circulating steam through said foraminous faced chamber, garmentforms movably carried'by the machine and movable into and out of themachine to finish garments by treating them to steam, heat, and air, andmeans carried by the machine for printing the treated garments.

27. A pressing and printing garment finisher comprising in combination.a frame, a pair of swinging arms carried by the frame, gannent formscarried by each arm, head and buck pressing members to press down on oneset of forms while the other is being filled with garments, head closingmeans, and a garment printing device cooperating with the finisher.

28. A pressing and printing garment finisher comprising in combination,a frame, a pair of swinging arms carried bythe frame, garment formscarried by each arm, head and buck pressing members to press down on oneset of forms while the other is being filled with garments, head closingmeans, a printing device carried by the pressing members, and anoperating means to swing the device in and out of the press.

29. A pressing and printing garment finisher comprising in combination,pressing members, garment forms swingable into and out of the pressingmembers, adjustment means to bring the forms into alignment with thepressing members, means for operating the pressing members,

a printing device carried by the machine, and means for removing theprinting device from the press during the pressing stroke and forretuming the printing device into the press during the printing stroke.

30. A machine comprising in combination, pressing jaws mounted in ahorizontal plane and made elongated in shape to receive garments fordrying and pressing operations, a pair of shafts one end of each ofwhich is pivoted on the machine at each end of the elongated press jawsand each of which is adapted to swing horizontally toward the said jawsand into parallel relation thereto, and a plurality of spaced garmenthold- 12,; ing forms carried by each shaft arm in the nature of agarment former unit to swing to and from the pressing jawsand projectfrom the shaft into the press.

31. A machine comprising in combination, pressing jaws mounted in ahorizontal plane and made elongated in shape to receive garments fordrying and pressing operations, a pair of shaft arms having the endsthereof pivotally attached to the machine at each end of the elongatedpress jaws and each of which is adapted to horizontally swing toward andfrom the said jaws, a plurality of garment holding forms carried by eachshaft arm and projecting into the jaws, and a pivot standard to supporteach shaft arm and formsin operative position.

32. A machine comprising in combination, pressing jaws mounted in ahorizontal plane and made elongated in shape to receive garments fordrying and pressing operations, a pair of shaft arms having the endsthereof attached to the machine at each end of the elongated press jawsand each of which is adapted to horizontally swing toward and from thesaid jaws, a plurality of garment holding forms carried by each shaft am150 in the nature of a garment former unit to swing to and from thepressing jaws, a pivot standard to support each shaft arm and forms inoperative position to swing in and out of the jaws, and a double pivothub carried by each'standard by which each shaft arm is swung in ahorizontal or vertical plane.

33. A machine comprising in combination, pressing jaws mounted in ahorizontal plane and made elongated in shape to receive garments fordrying and pressing operations. a pair of shaft arms having the endsthereof attached to the machine at each end of the elongated press jawsand each of which is adapted to horizontally swing toward and from thesaid jaws, a plurality of garment holding forms carried by each shaftarm in the nature of a garment former unit to swing to and from thepressing jaws, a. pivot standard to support each shaft arm and forms inoperative position to swing in and out of the jaws, a double pivot hubcarried by each standard by which each shaft arm is swung in ahorizontal or vertical plane, and a vertical adjusting means by whichthe height of the arm is regulated on the standard.

34. A machine comprising in combination,

pressing jaws mounted in a horizontal plane and made elongated in shapeto receive garments for drying and pressing operations, a pair of shaftarms having the ends thereof attached to the machine at each end of theelongated press jaws and each of which is adapted to horizontally swingtoward and from the said jaws, a plm'ality of garment holding formscarried by each shaft arm in the nature of a garment former unit toswing to and from the pressing jaws, and a vertically adjustable pivoton which the said arms-swing and by which the garment forms are adjustedinto alignment with the pressing jaws.

35. A machine comprising in combination, pressing jaws to receivegarments for drying and pressing operations, a pair of shaft arms havingthe ends thereof attached to the machine at each end of the press jawsand each of which is adapted to horizontally swing toward and from thesaid jaws, a plurality of garment holding forms carried by each shaftarm in the nature of a garment former unit. to swing to and from thepressing jaws, and a substantially U-shaped work table under thehorizontal jaws and under the outstanding garment forms to receive thework as it comes to and leaves the machine.

36. A machine comprising in combination. pressing jaws to receivegarments for drying and pressing operations, a pair of shaft arms havingthe ends thereof attached to the machine at each end of the press jawsand each of which is adapted to swing toward and from the said jaws, aplurality of garment holding forms carried by each shaft arm in thenature of a garment former unit to swing to and from the pressing jaws,and a pair of spaced tables supported on the machine and standingoutwardly therefrom in parallel relation and over which each arm and.garment former unit stands when applying and removing garments upon andfrom the forms.

37. A machine comprising in combination, pressing jaws mounted in a.horizontal plane and made elongated in shape to receive garments for V70 drying and pressing operations, a pair of shaft arms having the endsthereof attached to the machine at each end of the elongated press jawspedal and a jaw by which the jaws are opened a short distance to admitthe entree of former units.

38. A machine comprising in combination;

pressing jaws, means for opening and closing the jaws, a shaft extendingalong the edge of andparallel to the jaws and spaced therefrom so as notto interfere with the opening and closing operation, a plurality ofgarment forms fixed on the shaft and disposed between the jaws, andpivot means mounting one end of the shaft by which the shaft and formsswing on the pivot to and from the press.

39. A device for handling garments in the pressing and finishing thereofcomprising a shaft or rod, a plurality of garment forms fixed thereto,handles fastened to the shaft by which the device is handled byoperators, and in combination with heated members into which the devicemay be inserted for drying or pressing the work.

40. A device for handling garments in the pressing and finishing thereofcomprising a shaft or rod, a plurality of garment forms fixed thereto,handles fastened to the shaft by which the device is handled byoperators, in combination with heated members into which the device maybe inserted for drying or pressing work, and printing means associatedwith the device and members by which garments on the form are printed.

41. A machine comprising in combination, a U-shaped work table includingan opening within which an operator works, pressing jaws disposed abovethe U-shaped table, a pedal operating device disposed within the openingof the U-shaped table and adapted to open and close the jaws, and agarment form unit movably carried above the table and movable into andout of the jaws.

42. A machine comprising in combination, a U-shaped work table having anopening within which an operator works, pressing jaws disposed above theU-shaped table, a pedal operating device disposed within the opening ofthe U-shaped table and adapted to open and close the press,

a garment form unit movably carried above each to the operator insidethe table opening and connected with the printing mechanism whereby themachine jaws first close upon the work and sub- 2' sequently perform theprinting operation upon the work. Q

EDWARD J. SCI-IREMP.

